In high-risk type 2 diabetes, once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg cut major adverse cardiovascular events versus placebo in the SOUL trial, with no kidney benefit shown. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Browsing: Type 2 Diabetes
Landmark trials and recent evidence on type 2 diabetes management, glucose-lowering therapy, and outcomes.
A single-centre Egyptian RCT found the Diabetes Conversation Map programme improved diabetes knowledge, self-management, and self-efficacy questionnaire scores versus standard education (p < 0.001), with no clinical endpoints reported. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A post-hoc ACCORD-BP analysis of 307 patients with type 2 diabetes and prior stroke links intensive SBP control below 120 mmHg to lower MACE risk. PICO summary and expert commentary.
An EXSCEL post hoc simulation and mediation analysis showing conventional risk-factor changes explain only a modest share of once-weekly exenatide’s cardiovascular effects. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A manufacturer-sponsored secondary analysis found a digital diabetes logbook nearly doubled the odds of reaching HbA1c 6.5% or below at 3 months, with associated real-world glucose reductions. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A small single-blind RCT found that a family-centered empowerment program raised illness acceptance and self-management scores at six weeks in adults with type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A Phase 1 crossover study in healthy Korean volunteers found the enavogliflozin/gemigliptin fixed-dose combination pharmacokinetically equivalent to the separate tablets, with food not altering enavogliflozin exposure. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 52-week open-label randomized trial found once-weekly semaglutide reduced LDL cholesterol and shifted lipoprotein subfractions toward a less atherogenic profile versus sitagliptin in obese type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 12-week randomised trial in older adults with type 2 diabetes testing whether combined aerobic plus resistance exercise improves sleep and abdominal fat. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 453-patient non-inferiority trial found once-daily prolonged-release pregabalin worked about as well as immediate-release pregabalin for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, with both beating placebo. PICO summary and expert commentary.